A new Anguilla species and a reanalysis of the phylogeny of freshwater eels

Zoological Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 808-822

  Teng, Hui Yu ^a   Lin, Yeong Shin ^b   Tzeng, Chyng Shyan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anguilla huangi; Mitochondrial genome; Morphology; New species; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA CELEBESENSIS; ANGUILLA INTERIORIS; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 78149415132     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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